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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”